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Why doesn't someone write a Windows or DOS app to disassemble a ROM image file and generate a text file from it? That way, people could find bugs, possible enhancements, etc. I don't think that disassembling your own ROM image is illegal, as long as you don't distribute it (haven't been able to find any copyright notices about the TI-OS).

You know, an easier way would just be to use the debugger in VTI. It disassembles it for you. You just have to know where to look ;)

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Yeah, I have VTI. It's a great program, and it can, as you said, disassemble the ROM. Still, I would like something in a text file, to be easier to look at and searchable. I tried selecting multiple lines of code at once in the debugger in VTI to copy, but it didn't work.

The DMCA allows NO COPYING. Under the USA PATRIOT act, a wiretap can be placed on your internet connection without any judicial order, and it moves with your phone #, so I would advise you not to try anything.

no it wouldn't, not if u have a cable modem. then ur safe

Any wire can be tapped

It is not illegal to copy your own ROM as long as it stays in your own posetion, and you only use one copy at a time. This is called fair use. I think you need to read your laws more closely.

It is illegal to violate the EULA in any way. If you have a copy on the calc and it gets reflashed and you have a copy on the computer and it crashes, resulting in the software being wiped out, you cannot restore a backup of the computer to the hard drive because the backup is illegal (you had 3 copies instead of 2).

Could someone please write a routine to display ahl in the small font on the TI-86? The TI-OS API has a call that does it, but only in the large homescreen font! I tried modifying DisplayHL, but it didn't work. If anyone writes this, please e-mail it to me at straney@umbi.umd.edu.

Please, won't someone write this!!!???? Please e-mail me also if you know of any existing routines like this!

Never mind-I found a TI-86 API call at $3d0a which formats ahl into a displayable string in OP1.

Lucky I read this becuase I was @ to email you the source to a 185 byte prog (compiled) that displays ahl in _vputs font, but the maximum # was $2AFFFF, 2818047d, so I wouldnt now if that could have helped you. I'm amazed that there is a call that will do something like that. How long did it take you to find it?

Thanks for responding anyways. I found the call by finding the menu address of the Memory menu, then finding the pointer for the RAM submenu, then setting breakpoints and looking at the stack pointer-after much hacking with VTI, I was able to pinpoint the call that formatted ahl as a displayable string in OP1.

Sorry, I didn't read that carefully enough the first time-I though you had asked HOW I found it. :)

Actually, it's needed in the OS for displaying the amount of free memory-that's what I was trying to do with it for a system manager program.

Actually, could you please send me the source to that routine? I just want to see how it works.

I recently took up asm, and all i know is basic stuffs. I really need to know the following:

given a sprite, such as

.db %10010101
.db %00100100
.db %00010011
.db %00111011
.db %11111111
.db %10010011
.db %10101010
.db %00000010

how would I make it draw on the screen and make it moveable with user input? No tutorial that I have EVER found even says what a sprite is! (but i know what a sprite is) I think hl is where the sprite goes and de is the coordinates, but I am not sure. Please help me out!!!

The register inputs depend on the sprite drawing routine you use-to move the sprite, first erase the sprite by drawing a blank sprite at the same position or clearing the whole screen, then draw the sprite at a modified location.

Actually, for very detailed info about this stuff, go to ti86.acz.org and click on the sprites link on the left side of the page.

I think a spanish translator for the 83+SE would be a great program. You can find a full dictionary, comma delimited by clicking the web link.

I would have made this myself, but I only program basic, which would have been slow and huge. The dictionary file is a little over 500K, and has about 35k entries.

(I know there are some translator programs out there, but they have very small dictionaries, and require you to type in additions by hand.)

Ok, I really want to make a program that get the calculator;s id number and stores it to a string. i know that there is already one out there but it is seriously messed up! Besides I want to learn how to not use smeone elses. O Yeah it must be for 83 + BASIC.

To respond PLEASE EMAIL ME at mike8161990@yahoo.com
NOT the michael8161990 but mike... Thank You

I still need help for this

come on people this has been up for a while so at least say i dont know

uh,I dont Know
But what u could
do is post that all
over where you possibly
can whith your
e-mail and maybe
just mabe some
programmer
will see it and
show u you how...
ryanmcclain8740@yahoo.com

thanks anyways